Amastris (Pontus, Asia Minor — Pleiades map), 155 CE
AGRW 93 =
GRA 97 =
C.P. Jones, "Lucian and the Bacchants of Pontus," Echos du monde classique / Classical Views 9 (1990) 53-63
= SEG 35 (1985), no. 1327
= Marek 1993, 157–187, at 168–69 (no. 44)
= PHI 265443
= AGRW ID# 34
It was now my thirtieth year. My father named me Aemilianus. Geminos, a man of the nobility, brought me up. In the presence of burning incense (or: burnt offerings), I led the band of revellers mystically in the rite for the triennial god Euios (i.e. Dionysos). I was also revered in the gymnasia and experienced in wrestling, javelin–throwing, kick–boxing (pankration), discus–throwing, circular racing (or: using a hoop), jumping, and all rhythmic ball playing, each of which my foster–father taught me. I won with a (10) satyr play (or: satyr dance) at Kyzikos and Pergamon. At Kyzikos I myself won the crown, but at Pergamon cruel fate carried off the crown. Misfortune withered my body on Dorian soil, but Geminos my foster–father, carrying my bones to my homeland, placed them into a stone chest which was adorned with eternal crowns. Year 225, one before the Kalends of September (= 31 August), which is Loos 17.
Translation by: HarlandItem added: March 1, 2011
Item modified: December 3, 2015
ID number: 34
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